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| India ex-editor Tarun Tejpal charged with rape | India ex-editor Tarun Tejpal charged with rape |
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| The former editor of a prominent news magazine in India has been charged with the rape of a female colleague. | The former editor of a prominent news magazine in India has been charged with the rape of a female colleague. |
| Tarun Tejpal has also been charged with "sexual harassment" and "outraging the modesty of a woman", Press Trust of India reports. | Tarun Tejpal has also been charged with "sexual harassment" and "outraging the modesty of a woman", Press Trust of India reports. |
| Mr Tejpal, former editor of Tehelka, has been in prison since 30 November. He denies the charges. | |
| His unnamed accuser has alleged that he assaulted her at an event organised by the magazine in Goa in November. | His unnamed accuser has alleged that he assaulted her at an event organised by the magazine in Goa in November. |
| Legal experts say if found guilty, Mr Tejpal could be sentenced to at least seven years in jail. | |
| Prosecutors filed charges, running to nearly 2,700 pages, in the court of Goa's Chief Judicial Magistrate Anuja Prabhudesai on Monday. | |
| More than 152 witnesses, including the victim, the staff of Tehelka magazine and the investigating officer in the case were questioned before charges were filed. | |
| "It can be concluded that the victim of sexual assault in the present case is a young woman journalist who was raped, sexually harassed and her modesty outraged by Tarun Tejpal; a person whom she trusted as a fatherly figure and respected as a senior colleague," the charges read. | |
| "This incident has caused serious psychological injury to the dignity, self-esteem and overall personality of [the] victim - young woman journalist - who has made a mark for herself in the field of journalism," the charge sheet says. | |
| Correspondents say the scandal has dominated headlines in India, with critics accusing Tehelka magazine - one of India's top investigative titles, which has exposed gender inequality and officially-sanctioned misogyny - of hypocrisy and double standards. | |
| The case resonates particularly because it comes in the wake of a debate about attitudes to sexual violence after the brutal gang rape and murder of a woman in Delhi in December 2012. | |
| Six journalists at Tehelka, including the publication's managing editor, have resigned over the controversy. |